Zadok Casey

Zadok Casey (7 March 1796-4 September 1862) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-IL 2) from 4 March 1833 to 3 March 1843, succeeding John Alexander McClernand.

Biography
Zadok Casey was born in Greene County, Georgia in 1796, and, after witnessing a murder and being unwilling to testify, he fled to the frontier and founded Mount Vernon, Illinois in 1817. He served in the State House in 1822 and in the State Senate in 1826, and he served as Lieutenant Governor from 1830 to 1833. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1833 to 1843, and he returned to the State House from 1848 to 1852 and in the State Senate from 1860 to 1862. He died in 1862 at the age of 66.